Toilet-paper holder.



H. D. WOOD.

TOILET PAPER HOLDER APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18. 1914.

1,133,600. Patented Mar. 30,1915.

THE NUIrR/S PETERS 60., PHOTG'LITHO WASHINGTON D C.

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HERBERT D. WOOD, 0F PHOENIX, NEW YORK.

TOILET-PAIPER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

Application filed August 18, 1914. Serial No. 857,286.

This invention relates to certain improvements in toilet paper holders, involving an inclosing case adapted to be secured to a wall and a paper reel journaled in a horizontal position to rock within the case and counter-weighted to assume an edgewise position vertically so that the toilet paper which is slit or cut transversely at intervals from its opposite longitudinal edges may be supported in a similar position with its free end hanging vertically from the reel, preferably at the rear side thereof, and is closely related to my oo-pending application filed March 17, 1914, Serial No. 825,211, which contains the broad claims to many features disclosed herein.

For use in connection with the holder hereinafter described, the transverse slits in the paper occur at regular intervals so as always to appear at the top edge of the reel, and the outside sheet has a loose end hanging below the inclosing case in position to be grasped by the operator.

The primary object of the invention is to provide the inclosing case with a movable door or closure through which the reel may be removed for the purpose of refilling, and in this instance a movable rear wall adapted to be locked in closed position by means operating in connection with the reel, until the paper has been removed from the reel, at which time the unlocking means is exposed to operation.

The invention claimed herein, as distinguished from the broader claims of my copending application referred to, resides in the particular form of locking and unlocking means for accomplishing the above purpose.

Other objects, purposes and advantages will definitely appear from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the paper holder. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal cross section of the same, showing the reel in full. Fig. 1 is a cross section on line 1-4, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a cross section on line 55, Fig. 1.

The invention comprises an inclosing case 1- provided with a rear door or closure -2- pivoted at its lower edge at -3 to the case -1 to swing outwardly therefrom and allow the insertion and removal of a paper-receiving reel 4-. It will, however, be apparent that when the movable closure -2 is secured to a wall or other support, as by means of screws passed through the elongated openings 5-, this closure remains stationary, while the main body of the case may be moved about the pivot 3 as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 4.

The paper reel l is preferably a casting formed with a counter-weighted portion '6 adapted to normally hold the reel in a vertical edgewise position and to return it to that position after each rocking or tilting movement due to the disengagement of the paper from the reel.

The reel 4 is provided with similarly disposed pairs of bearings 7 and -S and 9 and -10, respectively, upon opposite sides of the central portion thereof, each pair adapted to receive a similar journal -1land 12 respectively, said journals normally held in extended position as to project from the opposite sides of the reel, by means of a coil spring 13- compressed between and attached to the inner ends of the respective journals.

The outward movement of the journals 11 and 12 is limited, however, by suitable levers 14 and 15 pivoted upon a stub shaft '16- forming a common axis about which the levers move, and having their ends pivotally connected to the respective journals 11- and 12 so that as the free ends of the levers are compressed or drawn toward each other the journals -11 and 12 will be retracted against the action of the spring 13 to release said journals from engagement with their supporting bearings, for the purpose hereinafter described. These bearings for the journals 11 and -12 comprise a pair of arms 17 and 18- respectively, projecting from the movable closure 2 into the case land, as shown, these arms are formed by cutting away and bending inwardly a portion of the wall of the movable closure and each arm is provided with a bearing, -19 and -,20 respectively, for the reception of the journals '11- and 12.

The side walls of the case f1 are each provided with an additional bearing for the journals l1- and 12-, and these bearings are preferably formed in plate-like pieces of metal 21. of the formshown in dotted lines, Fig. 41:, the end portions -22- and @237- being offset from the plane of the central portion 24 so that these end portions and 23. may be connected to the side wallsof thecase portion 1-, ,by soldering,.brazing, or otherwise and the central portion 24 will be spaced a sufficient distance from the side walls so that the journals -11? and 12 m ay project through openings 25 without contacting with the side walls of the case. Theportion "-.26 of this plateelike member f21 which extends; rearwardly from, the portion -.2le to,ward the movable closure 2-.i s bent at an angle tothe portion --24 so that at its rear edge itcontacts with the side ll of th e si g e e ,eh w in ,5, to form an inclined Sul'faceup which the movable journals 1- and -,12- may ride as they are forced ,toward their h ri gs fe The operation of this portion of the device is as follows: After the ,paperhas been placed upon the reel, the journals 11-- a ,,l2 'ne mal y n ext nded positio ,are place d in the open sided bearings. ;'19; and ZO and the movable closureis jthen pushed shut; ,thejournals 11-7 and 12-?- ,ride up the inclinedsurface -25 and are gradually forced inwardly the lq essary distance against the action of the spring 13-- until these journals register with th ea ing 2 a whi {P nt the spring 13 again forces the journals ont- 'wardly so that they engage with thesebearings. The operating or unlocking levers +14- and +l.5 ,are entirely hidden ,by the paper roll and cannot be operated until the paper h s b e removed m th r ll, sh e by sheet n w the pane has b en rem ve and these unlocking levers may be operated th as a d m va e lo ur e leek agains relative mo ement by th journals '11- and 12 engaging the OPll-Sldd bearings 19- and 20 and the bearings 25 in the plates --2l.

The structure here disclosed also embodies a pivotedarm -27 bearing ,upon the upper surface of the roll at the rear of the transverse slits or perforations therein, and adapted to ki clgzoffzthe loose end of each succeeding sheet, due to the rocking movement of "the reel caused by disengagement ing an endwise movablejournal, means for ner l hel ns @Seid ie rne n h a i ,eee e h r eit n en lever l mounted on t fl eel an piv al i' leeg h eted to said journal forwithdrawing the same fr hea ing ngag P fii n- 2. In a serviQe cabinet, aiflat elongated reel adapted .toreceive an oval paper roll and having journals vupon opposite sides thereof, one of the sa ne being movable endwise, means, for normally ,hpldingsaid ,j our- =nal in bearing engaging position, a "lever mounted upon saldreel andoperahlyfconnected to said movable journalto withdraw the same from hearing engaging position, said lever lying in susbtantial parallelism with a ,flat surface ,of' said reel soithiat it" is adapted t be .inclosed by the ,paper roll to prevent operation thereof until the paper :isremoved from; the, reel. 7 V

3. In a toilet, paper rholder, a paper reel ,h ins en w e mo a l .J' urn l 119011 P- :posite sides thereof, means-for normally holding said journals in extended position, separate levers pivotally mounted on said reel and connected respectively vto the inner ends of the. respective journals for retracti g said jour al 4. In ,a toilet paper holder, a paper reel having endwise, movable journals upon opposite sides thereof, means for normally heleli g Said j rnals: in x nded Pos eparate l vers piv tallo m unte sa r l and ha ing a mmo axis, an c nnes d jeepeq' re y o theinner end of the resp ct e j urn ls t re r t ng Sai jel rmas;

5- I a toil rarer h lden: paper reel hav ng e dw 'se m b e J nals ur a .eP-

posit -sides'ther'eof, a spring connected to and compressed between the inner ends of In Witness whereof I have hereunto set tllie respectivedjgurnals to normally1 hold my hand this 7th day of August, 1914;.

t em in exten e osition, se arate evers pivotally mounted on said r el and con- HERBERT WOOD nected respectively to the inner ends of the Witnesses:

respective journals for retracting said IRVING S. WOOD,

journals. E. G. HUTGHINSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cent: each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Wnhington, D. 0." 

